Helping bring back urban debate programs in the Houston area. Visit http://houstonurbandebateleague.org Founded in 2008, Houston Urban Debate League is dedicated to reintroducing academic debate in under-served and at-risk Houston area high schools.
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HUDL is proud to have hundreds of students, from throughout Houston and Harris County, competing virtually this weekend. Student competition was kicked off with a moving speech from Honor Judge Marvin Isgur, recognized by HUDL as an emeritus Board member. Good luck to all of the students, coaches, judges, directors and HUDL Board members in attendance.
We are looking for a few more judges for this Saturday's HUDL Winter Classic. Please see the link for info and how to register. HISD background check required (link to a background check in Google Form. https://forms.gle/rQyXwLMQSoZFub8u6
Paid judges must work all rounds. Volunteer judges can pick the rounds they want to judge. December 12, 2020 Judge Check-In • 8:15 AM Round 0 • All Divisions: 8:30A M-9:00 PM Round 1 • LD & PF: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM • CX & WS: 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM • Congress: 9:00 AM- 12:00 Noon Round 2 • LD...
One day until the big event. Coaches, students, supporters, and friends of debate, we are thrilled to join @NAUDL1 for the #IRESOLVE series where high school debaters use their speaking skills to tackle critical issues - on November 16th, we'll bring together students and experts to discuss criminal justice reform. Register https://hopin.to/events/i-resolve-houston #urbandebate
A public debate featuring students and distinguished community leaders for a conversation on criminal justice reform.
We are thrilled to join @NAUDL1 for the #IRESOLVE series where high school debaters use their speaking skills to tackle critical issues - on November 16th, we'll bring together students and experts to discuss criminal justice reform. Register https://hopin.to/events/i-resolve-houston #urbandebate
HUDL Debaters from Liberty High School represented at UIL Region Student Congress on Tuesday, November 10. Mahilet Tefera won 5th Place, Maryam Mohamed won 4th Place and Nathalia Estrada won 3rd Place. Nathalia Estrada will be debating at the UIL State Student Congress in January. Congratulations Liberty High School!
You will not want to miss #IRESOLVE – The Houston Urban Debate League on Monday, November 16 as debaters & community leaders come together to discuss criminal justice reform in our community. Presenting Sponsor @MasseyGailLLP https://hopin.to/events/i-resolve-houston
Curious about judging at a HUDL tournament? Check out this video for judging basics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxAASuYFhY&t=144s
This video provides a basic understanding of judging debate for the Houston Urban Debate League.
HUDL is proud of all of the schools, coaches, competitors, judges, etc who attended the first tournament of the year, co-sponsored with our friends from CASE for Kids. 12 schools and almost 140 students. Great job!
Houston Urban Debate League starts its year off with a bang! Two events, one within HISD and the other within CASE for Kids. HUDL-HISD kickoff tournament had 140 students while HUDL-CASE for Kids seminar had almost 90 attendees. What a great start to the virtual year. Congrats to our directors, coaches, students, judges and more. Thanks Mark, Andy, Javier, Toni, and John.
HUDL would like to take this opportunity to thank the students who attended our summer workshop, the instructors and interns who taught, and the directors who tirelessly did the heavy lifting to determine best practices. It was another successful HUDL camp, amongst the best especially given the circumstances. To our generous donors and supporters, we could not do it without you.
HUDL is proud of announce the launch of the 2020 summer debate camp. HUDL has assembled an amazing staff and HUDL students should benefit immensely from the experience. We hope everyone has a GREAT week of learning and engagement and look forward to hearing from everyone about their experiences.
HUDL is excited about the upcoming start of camp! HUDL students, I hope you are ready for some serious online learning. HUDL's instructors have been busy preparing and we hope this year's camp will be as good, if not better, than all of our previously successful camps. Lets go!
Dr. Freeman had a profound impact on the lives of his students and was an inspiration to debaters throughout Houston. HUDL's thoughts and prayers are with his family, TSU students and faculty, and those who had the pleasure of knowing him and being educated by him. HUDL will continue to honor his legacy in our thoughts, actions, and to our commitment to the Houston community.
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Texas Southern University icon Dr. Thomas F. Freeman. The esteemed debate coach, orator and teacher began his career at TSU in 1949. Serving as a professor of Philosophy, founder of the TSU Debate Team and the Weekend College, and namesake of the Honors College, Dr. Freeman served the institution for over 70 years, interacting with and influencing the lives of thousands of TSU students, faculty and staff members, as well as friends of the university. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Freeman family. His was, indeed, a life well lived.
Graduating HISD HUDL Debaters! This is your chance to be featured on HISD's website to celebrate your college plans. See the link for more information. The deadline is this Friday before noon.
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June 10, 2020 @ www.houstonisd.org
We share the pain our students, teachers and colleagues are feeling today as a result of the harsh reality of racial injustice and undo persecution. Our hearts, too, are heavy and tired. We acknowledge that these pervasive and harmful societal issues have no place in the world we want for students, ourselves and our families. We support those working for equity and justice and continue to believe in the power of amplifying voices and open dialogue in achieving sustained change. We stand for an equal, just society with freedom from fear and hatred.
HUDL is proud to celebrate our coaches, students, mentors and the community of debate. Great job to the CASE team. Go HUDL!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqrWvmkHOQc&feature=youtu.be
CASE for Kids, a division of Harris County Department of Education (HCDE), invites you to attend the inaugural Impact Awards, hosted by CASE Debates virtuall...
We at HUDL wish we could see you in person, the way we do each spring. But even if we can't get together, we can still celebrate the year in debate. Click below for a special "video luncheon," so you can hear from HUDL students, educators, and volunteers about what debate means to them.
https://www.houstonurbandebate.org/2020-luncheon
We at HUDL wish we could see you in person, the way we do each spring. But even if we can't get together, we can still celebrate the year in debate. Click below for a special "video luncheon," so you can hear from HUDL students, educators, and volunteers about what debate means to them.
HUDL is proud to announce that this year's HUDL summer debate camp will be virtual. HUDL students, please join us July 13 – 17 (novice training on July 10) for a week of online learning, community building, fun and great times with amazing instructors. Thanks to the HUDL Board for authorizing and funding, what we hope will be, a truly outstanding event, on par with the best HUDL has offered before. We look forward to virtually hosting this year with hopes of being in person for years to come.
Today the HUDL community mourns the loss of family. Mary Sterner was an amazing person - supportive, caring and always a joy. She will be missed. Rest In Peace.
HUDL respects the difficult decision made by NAUDL concerning the National Championships. Our heart goes out to the students and coaches, from HUDL and beyond, who will be denied this invaluable opportunity.
As you all know we have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely as we plan for the 2020 Urban Debate National Championship Weekend. Our ongoing conversations between our staff, board, SMU and leagues have led us to cancel the 2020 Urban Debate National Championship and Annual Dinner.
We did not reach this conclusion lightly. The Urban Debate National Championship is our flagship event and the Annual Dinner is our largest organizational fundraiser. We share the heartbreak and disappointment of our students who were looking forward to their national championship in Dallas. However, student and community safety are top priority.
NAUDL will still recognize all UDNC qualifiers. We will also still honor all of our annual award programs, including the Debater of the Year, Coach of the Year and Alumni Ambassador cohort.
To our award recipients, donors, sponsors, SMU and Executive Directors of Urban Debate Leagues, please stay tuned as you will receive more detailed logistical information regarding next steps.
Good luck to all of the Houston Urban Debate League students, from HUDL schools, participating at the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) State tournament in El Paso. Go, HUDL!
HUDL is proud of its city champions, across the debate events. 1st and 2nd place winners receive scholarships for post-secondary education. Congrats to those who reached finals, to those who made it to the city championship, and to those who competed throughout the year. https://www.houstonurbandebate.org/post/hudl-crowns-2020-city-champs
Feb. 22, 2020 - Students from 19 Houston-area high schools converged on the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in downtown Houston to compete for the Houston Urban De
Congrats to our winners and runners up! Thanks for another great debate season. We look forward to seeing you at camp this summer!
Semifinals of City Championships is underway. Good luck to all of the teams!
HUDL was proud to have Houston's Mayor Turner, a former debater, come greet the HUDL community. What a great time and a wonderfully run event. https://www.houstonurbandebate.org/post/mayor-welcomes-championship-contenders
Westside High School hosted the HISD preliminary rounds of HUDL's 2019-2020 City Championship Tournament on February 1. Students were delighted to see Mayor
Mayor Sylvester Turner spoke at HUDL Tournament 6 to congratulate the HUDL City Championship contenders. Read more at the link.
https://www.houstonurbandebate.org/post/mayor-welcomes-championship-contenders
Westside High School hosted the HISD preliminary rounds of HUDL's 2019-2020 City Championship Tournament on February 1. Students were delighted to see Mayor
Give back to the local debate community. Learn new skills and expand your network while directly engaging with deserving youth.https://forms.gle/DYL4N4tiLUG9bCAY7
8:15 am: Judge Check-In 8:30 am: Round 1 10:30 am: Round 2 12:30 pm: Lunch 1:15 pm: Round 3 (may start as late as 1:30 pm) 3:15 pm: Round 4 (may start as late as 3:30 pm) 5:15 pm: Closing Ceremonies
HUDL was proud to host the first ever joint HISD and CASE for Kids tournament. you can find the write up here: https://www.houstonurbandebate.org/post/students-storm-westbury-for-first-ever-winter-classic
Dec. 14, 2019 - Students from 35 Houston-area high schools competed at one of HUDL's biggest regular-season tournaments ever: the all-new HUDL Winter Class
Sometimes data helps us determine the best educational practices of schools and HUDL students stepped up. According to the NAUDL, HUDL preliminary data indicates that, from an adjusted regression, participation in debate was significantly associated with:
- a 13.37 percentile higher Reading SAT score than those
who did not participate in debate,
- an 11.82 percentile higher Math SAT score
- a 12.2 percentile higher Writing SAT score
- and a 0.40 points higher GPA than those who did not
participate in debate.
Sign-Up CASE Debate T1: November 9th @ YES Prep Brays Oaks
HUDL is looking forward to new debates over new topics. Good luck to all and I hope you enjoy them.
The November-December debate topics have been posted! Which of these topics would you rather debate?
Check out HUDL students having a lovely Democratic Presidential debate....fun times with a great community....https://www.houstonurbandebate.org/post/debate-students-grade-the-candidates
As the eyes of the world turned to Houston for the third Democratic Party presidential debate of the 2020 election season, HUDL students tuned in to see how the
HUDL students, coaches and supporters. Prepare for the upcoming debate with resources from Sara Sanchez, from NAUDL. HUDL directors have the resources and should be sharing it with you.
Debate develops informed and discerning individuals who are vital for a healthy democracy. We strongly encourage all debaters to be active citizens and to engage in public discourse. In that spirit, here are two lessons that will help students differentiate the relative reliability of media sources....
Houston LOVES debate and HUDL is looking forward to next week's Democratic Presidential debate in our GREAT city. There will be classroom activities and bingo cards for our students and teachers. Be on the lookout and start planning your watch parties.
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US District Court Judge Al Bennett opened the tournament this morning with some inspiring words. #hudlcitychamps
Citi financial final round debating gig economy vs. full time job. Top team from HISD (DeBakey) com against top team from CASE (spring early college). Great judges Cameron Secord, Julie Gremillion and Richard Garner. Thanks to DeBakey for hosting.
Thank you to NAUDL and all of our debate brothers and sisters around the country for your support and the amazing video. We are so proud to be a part of the urban debate community. #houstonstrong #hudl2017
Thank you to NAUDL and all of our debate brothers and sisters around the country for your support and the amazing video. We are so proud to be a part of the urban debate community. #houstonstrong #hudl2017
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